Volume 1, Issue 1 August 01, 2022 Published

Effect of Maternal Employment on Child-Upbringing Practices in Abeokuta South and North Local Government Areas of Ogun State.

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Dr Oluwatoyin Adeyanju Passive Identity

Federal College of Education, Abeokuta Ogun State

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Mrs Salimon Ruqoyyah Passive Identity

Federal College of Education, Abeokuta Ogun State

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Mrs Salimon Ruqoyyah, Y Passive Identity

Federal College of Education, Abeokuta Ogun State

Abstract

The study investigated the effects of maternal employment on child-upbringing practices in Abeokuta South and North Local Government Areas of Ogun state. Description research designs of survey method was adopted. A simple random sampling technique was employed and 500 subjects drawn from a population of 449,088. Three research objectives were raised and two hypotheses formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. The findings were: that there was significant relationship between the traditional and modern child-upbringing practices tested with the paired t-test, while maternal employment affected child-upbringing practices. It was recommended among others was that employed mothers should integrate and use the positive traditional and modern child-upbringing practices for a better development of the children.

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